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Whole Foods CEO to Lead all of Amazon Grocery

Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel has taken on an expanded role at Amazon and will now lead the company’s Worldwide Grocery…

WHSmith Considers Selling Off High Street Stores to Focus on Lucrative Travel Business

WHSmith has confirmed that it is exploring the sale of more than 520 High Street newsstand and bookstores to focus on its travel…

Target Joins Roster of Retailers Scaling Back DEI in Effort to ‘Stay in Step with Evolving External Landscape’

Target has joined the growing list of retailers and other institutions, including the federal government, pulling back on a number of its…

Vince Holding Corp. Changes Hands, Former CEO Brendan Hoffman to Return to the Helm

Newly formed luxury apparel-focused innovation venture P180 has acquired Sun Capital Partners’ majority stake in Vince Holding Corp. (VNCE), giving it a…

174-Year-Old Books Inc. Files for Bankruptcy, CEO Promises Company is ‘Not Going Away’

Californian independent bookstore chain Books Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing “steadily rising” operating costs and changing consumer habits as…

Trump, Tech CEOs Make Extravagant Promises with Launch of AI Investment Project ‘Stargate’

The parade of Big Tech CEOs through the White House continued on Tuesday as the CEOs of OpenAI and Oracle, joined by…

Day 1: Trump Moves to Save TikTok, Threatens Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, EU

President Donald Trump got straight to work Monday, Jan. 20. Within hours of taking office, Trump made a number of major moves…

UPDATE: Appeals Court Upholds FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule Despite Protests from Business Groups

[Update as of Jan. 21, 2025] The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a request from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and…

Kurt Geiger is ‘Going Big in North America’ with Plans for 50 U.S. Stores

British footwear and accessories label Kurt Geiger has unveiled plans to bring its London verve across the pond in a big way….

UPDATE: Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Shutdown Probable as Early as Sunday

[Update as of Jan. 17, 2025] The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the law forcing TikTok to sell itself to a U.S….

Inside Best Buy’s 5-Year Effort to Evolve with Today’s Consumer

One of the core values of Dick Schulze, Founder of Best Buy, was “learning from challenge and change” — a prescient insight…

Macy’s Leaders Answer 6 Big Questions About the Company’s Future at NRF

The leaders of Macy’s Inc.’s three retail banners — Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury — took the stage together on Sunday, Jan. 13…

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Whole Foods CEO to Lead all of Amazon Grocery

WHSmith Considers Selling Off High Street Stores to Focus on Lucrative Travel Business

Target Joins Roster of Retailers Scaling Back DEI in Effort to ‘Stay in Step with Evolving External Landscape’

Vince Holding Corp. Changes Hands, Former CEO Brendan Hoffman to Return to the Helm

174-Year-Old Books Inc. Files for Bankruptcy, CEO Promises Company is ‘Not Going Away’

Trump, Tech CEOs Make Extravagant Promises with Launch of AI Investment Project ‘Stargate’

Day 1: Trump Moves to Save TikTok, Threatens Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, EU

UPDATE: Appeals Court Upholds FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule Despite Protests from Business Groups

Kurt Geiger is ‘Going Big in North America’ with Plans for 50 U.S. Stores

UPDATE: Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Shutdown Probable as Early as Sunday

Inside Best Buy’s 5-Year Effort to Evolve with Today’s Consumer

Macy’s Leaders Answer 6 Big Questions About the Company’s Future at NRF

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2025 Benchmark Survey: How Retailers are Re-Affirming Brand Value Through the In-Store Experience

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